Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-09-29

suit or n meeting with street miriu.l lcrs, we
lost no time in reaching the gate. The
| gnard opened Il innriitrly. The word
"Amrrir.n" had charm for them, csp,-
cially M IL was followed lay a handful of pids-.
| tcrs thrown nj them when tie gate WAS
pened. presume they imagined ne dill H.
| In our drunken fun, but 10 was really 10
draw their attention from our companion.
After we had passed through | locked the
gate and threw away the key. The guards
were too busy picking mp the money 10
heed laundering At the gate after we had
! gone on. We did not reach our boats too
soon, for we could hear mnitering voices and
tramping feet close behind ms. With muE-
fed oars we pulled for my friends brig.
| We had proceeded not more than fifty yards
| from the shore when we heard our pursuers
| jumping into boats at the landing. Who
they were we could not tell, but they had
not the customary lights with them 10 indi-
cate that they were honest citizens The ex-
treme darkness favored our flight among
the many vessels anchored In the harbor,
most Of which had their anchor lights mp.
| Ny friends vessel had two lights In the
main rigging as a private signal. These
were put ont as soon as We reached the deck.
| Entering the cabin We again saw the face
| of the lady. AS / have before said she Was
the most beautiful woman had ever seen.
/ could not help feeling that my friend was
not the handsome fellow that deserved to b.
| 20 Ia
ted Venus and Vulcan. The Swedish cap
tain was speechless with admiration. act
ed MS his ambassador, and informed her how
desperately in love he was, and that he WAS
determined to save her or lose his life in the
attempt. She WAS now free 10 act for her
| self, but WAS sare that if she married him
she woulI have loving husband. As /
hat been concerned In her rescue f.nm cap
| tirity ii.li II nay RI .hi as wrll ls niy duiV
J to arg. hrr 10 l,.rl; hin. Shr Ii / :.,f u o
f.-r wDr!, hI' Ga ii.-i p p'c.;' IL, at'sic'.
/ tivi ~-i l.. a Ia Leave tie e iii aHl gel lis
ship under way ~ oace. Ny hou's cr"~
wnulh assist him The vessel mast be OF:
side OF the harbor, said, before daylight,
and before sunrise be well into the Sea Mar
| mora. And so We parted.
1t was three o'clock when re lc he.l my
ship. Sleep was out Of the question:. The
events of the previous few days We're like a
dream out of which ! had just awakened.
The consequence might have been serious
TO me- But was always ready for adven-
lures and had been in many a predicament
equally hazardous. ] lived, rs all yoang
sailors live, on romance and daring. The
excitement of this occasion Was a. exhil-
a-l;ing TO me rs champ Ignc is to the wine
bibber.
In the morning / WAS visited by several
of the captains who hal been nay guests o:
our safety when they learned that conflict
had taken place between the guard in the
street We passed through and n band of
Greek robbers. Two Of the robbers
had been killed. These must have
lssn ,uzsLIara. wha. after .s4a had oiadiod
them, had returned ana attacked the guard
They We're overpowered by a company
OF soldiers from the fort, who were mixing
their rounds TO relieve the gulrl. or course
| knew nothing of what had become OF the
swedish captain. assured them that lac
went sIfely on boIrl AMI Was TO have stile.l
at sunrise, and that, rs the wind Wis fresh
aud fair supposed he Was oil | fei gnel
attack of rheumatism rs an excuse for not
going ashore that day. The following day
our consul, hearing l Was sick, came on
board. From him / learned one of the
wives of pasha of the army had made her
escape by the aid, it Was supposed, of the
Greek robbers, some of whom had been cap
tured, and would be executed unless they
told where their companions and the captive
We're to be found. 1t Was supposed that she
was held for a ransom. A rigid search was
made on bolrl all the Greek vessels, OF
which there Were many lying in the harbor,
but, of course, the ssmissing lady was not
found,
will here give the sequel. Nine years
later, while in mmlnl of the clipper ship
Dreadnaught, arriving in New York one
day made fast at my usual berth Mt the
foot of Rector street, when Capt. Hope, n
Sandy Hook pilot, who was htrbormaster
at the time, boarded my vessel and told me
that Swedish brig was lying at pier 8, and
that her captain was very anxious TO meet
me before he sailed. The Constantinople
episode had nearly passed from my mind in
the exciting years that had intervened. As
soon rs our gang plank was hauled ashore
a lady and gentleman came on board.
was standing on the quarter deck with some
custom house officers and passengers. The
lady, whom / Immediately recognized, came
| forward and embraced me with much
warmth, and the gentleman followed suit.
The pleasure attending this happy meeting
was shared by all who witnessed it. Ii is
needless to say that the pair We're the Swed-
ish captain and the lady whom | assisted to
escape from Constantinople. That truth is
stranger than fiction is here eXemplihed.
After leaving Constantinople their joy was
| unspeakable upon discovering that they had
been lovers in their childhood. She WAS the
flaXen haired girl for whom my friend hal
pined SO long. When they parted ~ children
her family went To Moscow, where they re-
manned several years, and where she had the
advantage of I'm excellent education and be-
came proficient linguist Her great beauty
attracted universal attention. She was
courted by many, but won by none. Her
father received the appointment of consul
at Odessa, but gave up this place and migra-
ted TO Alexandria, We're lie became grain
exporter. This frequently necessitated
journeys into the interior of Egyptian his
beautiful daughter was his constant COM
panion. During one of these excursions their
caravan was assaulted by Arabs. The men
were slaughtered and robbed and the women
were disposed of among the chiefs She fell
to the 10. of one who sold her into the harem,
when she was rescued by us. When the
pair arrived ut Falmouth, after the rescue,
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